St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22
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AN ACT for the hetter re-

AN ACT for the better regulation of the Mime
sofa Institute for the Deaf, the Blind and the
Feeble-hlnded
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota.
SECTION l. That the institution heretofore
eStab iShed al Farbaut. Minnesota. for the ed
ucation Of the deaf dumb and blind, and styled
The Minnesota Deaf, Dumb and Blind Inst-
tute,a snail hereafter be known and designated
as The Minnesota Institute for Detectives" 1t
shall be located at Faribault and shall consist OF
three departments, to w.t.
The School for the Deaf.
The School for the Blind
The School for the Feeble Minded
SEC > Said institute shall be controlled by a
board of five directors, together with the gov
ernOr and superinr endent OF public instruction,
who shall be ex-otficio members of said board:
such directors shall be appointed by the gov
ernur, b. and W tn the advice and consent Of the
senate, for the term of five years each aud until
their successors are appointed and qualified,
Provided, That the present members shall serve
for the full term for which they were re-
spectively appointed. All vacancies occurring in
the said board shall be filed by appointment in
like manner as Aforesaid to fill the uneNpired
term
SEC. 3. Said board of directors shall annually
elect from their number president, treasurer
and secretary, who shall hold their offices until
their successors are chosen and qualified, and
They shall annually elect a steward whose COM
pensati n shall be fixed by the said board.
Three OF said directors shall constitute quo
rum, and they shall hold monthly meetings for
the transaction of business.
SEC. 4. Said directors shall have the general
management and supervision of said institute
shall prescribe all rules and regulations for the
government thereof and the admission of puDils
thereto and generally perform all acts necessary
to render the institute efficient for the purposes
for which the same is established, to wit: The
Keller and instruction of the deaf, the blind the
feeble minded. and for the care and custody of
the epileptic anu idiotic of the state: and they
may introduce and establish such trades and
manual industries as in their Judgment will
best train their pupils for future self-support
SEC. D Said board of directors shall appoint
competent superntendents Of the said several
departments to hold their offices during the
pleasure of the board. Such superintendents
shall name al the subordinate officers of their
several departments, and such nominations
Shall be confirmed or rejected by the board.
SEC. =. All deaf persons, all blind persons
and all feebe-minded persons residents of this
state, who. in the opinion Of the several super
1ntendents, are of suitable age and capacity TO
receive instruction in these schools, and whose
defects prevent them from receiving proper
training IN the public schools OF the state, and
all 1dotlc and ep1lept1c persons residents of the
state, may be admitted 10 their respective de-
partmenJs and receive the benefit of this insti-
tute free OF charge, subject TO such rules and
regulations as may be made by the board of di-
rectors; and they shall be provided bv their
friends relatives or the county from which they
came sufficient funds to furnish them with
proper clothing, postage and transportation
SEC z. All INDECENT and destitute persons
who are proper subjects for this institute and
those who have no parents. friends or guardian
known to The authorities of their respective
counties able 20 provide for them are hereby
made charge upon the sew raj counties in
which they reside for the sum fixed BIZ the said
board for the postage, clothing and transporta-
ton of such persons not to exceed for each the
sum of forty dollars annually which facts of
deStitutiol and Indulgence shall be established
prima facle by the certificate thereof OF the
Judge OF probate of the county where such per-
sons respectively reside and upon the PRESENTS
tion OF certificate of the superintendent, at
tested by the secretary of the board, to the audi
tor OF any county, that sucn destitute or ind-
gent person is a regular and proper inmate of
his department of this institute from such
county and of the sum fixed bv the board as a
condition of admission, said auditur shall draw
his order on the treasurer of his county IN favor
of such superintendent for such sum of money
as has been fixed as aforesaid by the board AS a
condition of the admission to tniS institute, not
to exceed the sum OF forty dollars, and annually
thereafter on or before the first day of October
of each year. upon receipt of the report of the
superintendent as to the condition of such fund,
he shall draw his further order upon the treas
urer of his county for such sum, which, added TO
the balance in the hands of said superintendent.
snail equal the sum go liked by the board OF
Sirectors so long as such person shall
,ernain at said Institute; and the county
TIRE, snrer upop whom such order is drawn shall
nav the same upon presentation, and the SAID
SUPERINTENDENT shall use the said fund only in
suinlying said inmate with proper clothing.
hostage and transportation, and shall Keep and
render annually the firsv day of August TO
the hoard of directors and TO Such county audi
tors a strict and detailed account thereof.
SEC g The treasurer elect OF the board shall,
before entering upon the duties OF MS once,
give bond in amonnt ana executed III IN
manner prescribed by chapter 13l OF the Gen
era Laws OF 1888, or other laws CT tnls state.
and shall safely keep and faithfully d1sburse all
moneys coming INTO his hands for the use OF
said institute, shall keep separate accounts with
all general and special funds appropriated for